A 2-year-old was among the victims, attacked in her own backyard on Friday.

"He was just on top of my daughter," said Felisabeth Pancheri, the girl's mother. "No, she couldn't get away. No."

"The child was up against the fence and he was holding her with his fingers and he was biting her on the head," said the girl's grandfather Louis Pancheri.

Sophia Pancheri has scratches on her face and bite wounds on her head. Her grandfather was also hurt as he tried to pry the raccoon off her.

"I started kicking and kicking, he wouldn't give. He wouldn't run. He kept coming back and opening his big mouth and showing me his teeth," he said.

The family said the raccoon ran down the street where it bit another child before it was caught and killed

The entire Pancheri family is now going through a round of rabies shots as the town warns residents.

"As the warm weather approaches, it's vital that we remind our children not to approach or feed wild animals," said Christine Bongiorno, director of Health and Human Services for Arlington. "At the same time, it is equally important that pet owners make sure their cats, dogs and other pets have up-to-date vaccinations."

THE MURDER WAS RELATED TO SANCHEZ'S REFUSAL TO BE HIS PROM DATE. THE FINGERS LIKE THIS, AND HE WAS BITING HER ON THE HEAD. HOW FRIGHTENING TRUTH A LITTLE GIRL BLOODIED AND SCRATCHED UP BY A RABID RACCOON. SHE IS ONE OF THREE PEOPLE ATTACKED IN ARLINGTON. 11:00, JOHN ATWATER IS LIVE ON THE RABIES ALERT. THAT GIRL WAS PLAYING IN HER YARD WHEN SHE SAW A RACCOON RIGHT NEAR THE FENCE LINE. SHE WAS CURIOUS. SHE APPROACHED, BUT THAT IS WHEN THE RACCOON GRABBED HER. HER GRANDFATHER WAS ALSO IN THE YARD AND RAN OVER BUT COULD NOT LOOSEN THE RACCOON SCRIPT. LUCKILY, HE FOUND A BOARD IN THE YARD AND STARTED HITTING THE RACCOON. IT DID LOOSEN THE GRIP, BUT IT RAN DOWN THE STREET WHERE IT BIT ANOTHER CHILD. I'M GRATEFUL I'M HERE. SHE WAS BIT ON THE HEAD HERE. CLAUDE MARKS COVER HER CHEEKS. THE BITE WOUNDS ARE PAINFUL. SHE WAS FULL OF BLOOD. TWO-YEAR-OLD SOPHIA COULD NOT ESCAPE THE GRIPS OF THE RABID RACCOON THAT ATTACKED HER IN HER OWN YARD. SHE COULDN'T GET AWAY. THE CHILD WAS UP AGAINST THE FENCE, AND HE WAS HOLDING HER WITH THE FINGERS LIKE THIS. HE WAS BITING HER ON THE HEAD. HER GRANDFATHER RAN OVER, TRYING TO PRY THE ANIMAL OFF THE LITTLE GIRL, BUT THE RACCOON PUT UP A FIGHT. I STARTED KICKING HIM, BUT HE WOULDN'T GIVE. HE WOULDN'T RUN. HE KEPT COMING BACK, OPENING HIS MOUTH AND SHOWING ME HIS TEETH. IT TOOK SEVERAL WHACKS BEFORE THE RACCOON LOOSENED ITS GRIP. THE FAMILY THINKS SOPHIA WENT TO THE FENCE IN THE BACKYARD THINKING THE RACCOON WAS FRIENDLY, LIKE THE FAMILY DOG. THAT SAME RECORD ALSO BIT ANOTHER CHILD IN THE MORNINGSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS KILLED, THE TOWN IS WARNING PEOPLE TO BE CAREFUL AROUND OTHER WILD ANIMALS. IF WE WEREN'T VACCINATED, WE WOULD CERTAINLY DIE. RIGHT NOW, THE FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH THAT SERIES OF RABIES SHOTS. THEY SHOULD BE OK. AS WE MENTIONED, THE TOWN IS